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$xhtml = array(
	'<{title}>' => 'Slightly ahead',
	'takedown' => '2017-11-01',
	'<{body}>' => <<<END
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<section id="drudgery">
	<h2>Drudgery</h2>
	<p>
		My discussion post for the day:
	</p>
	<blockquote>
		<p>
			Water use has been growing at over double the rate that the population has been increasing (United Nations, n.d.), which I found it very surprising to learn.
			I would expect population growth to be the driving factor of the rise in water usage, but clearly, it isn&apos;t.
			Another surprising fact is that phosphorus- and nitrogen-based pollution is the leading factor in degraded water quality (United Nations, n.d.).
			My understanding had been that nitrogen itself wasn&apos;t very dangerous to people, but that it led to increased levels of algae, which we could filter out like any other contaminant when it comes to preparing the water for use.
			It seems nitrogen contamination is harmful for other reasons as well.
		</p>
		<p>
			The difference between quality and quantity is simple.
			Quantity refers to how much of something there is, while quality refers to how good or usable said thing is.
			For example, say you are out as sea on a boat.
			You have a high quantity of water available to you; it&apos;s all around you!
			However, seawater is low quality water as far as human usage goes.
			You&apos;ll get sick if you try to drink it.
		</p>
		<p>
			In a past unit, we looked at water quality issues in our local area.
			Using the resources provided for the discussion assignment, I found my area&apos;s rivers to be contaminated by an unnamed contaminant.
			While I&apos;m not sure what&apos;s in our water, it&apos;s there, and it&apos;s not good.
			I&apos;ve been a bit too busy to look into it via other channels though.
			As for quantity ... this city has plenty.
			It rains all the time here.
			On one side of us, we have an ocean with evaporating waters.
			On the other side, we have a mountain range.
			As the water-carrying-air travels inland and tries to go up the mountain, the water dumps out onto us.
			We&apos;ve got a few major rivers here that can attest to the continued rain.
			With a non-zero quality problem and zero quantity problem, my area&apos;s definitely got more of a problem with quality than quantity.
		</p>
		<p>
			To the best of my knowledge, we have no water-related disputes here, and certainly no violence and/or wars over it.
		</p>
		<p>
			$a[IWRM] is a sustainable approach to looking not only at water use directly, but also integrating use of other resources to make better use of water; resources such as land.
			It also takes the environment into consideration, attempting not to degrade it.
			It seeks to improve the global ecosystem and improve growth and development (Global Water Partnership, 2011).
			From the looks of it, it would be helpful anywhere, including my area.
			However, there&apos;s nothing about it that seems like it&apos;d be more helpful here than anywhere else.
		</p>
		<div class="APA_references">
			<h3>References:</h3>
			<p>
				Global Water Partnership. (2011, July 12). What is IWRM? - GWP. Retrieved from <a href="https://www.gwp.org/en/GWP-CEE/about/why/what-is-iwrm/"><code>https://www.gwp.org/en/GWP-CEE/about/why/what-is-iwrm/</code></a>
			</p>
			<p>
				United Nations. (n.d.). Water scarcity | International Decade for Action &apos;Water for Life&apos; 2005-2015. Retrieved from <a href="https://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/scarcity.shtml"><code>https://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/scarcity.shtml</code></a>
			</p>
			<p>
				United Nations. (n.d.). Water quality | International Decade for Action &apos;Water for Life&apos; 2005-2015. Retrieved from <a href="https://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/quality.shtml"><code>https://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/quality.shtml</code></a>
			</p>
		</div>
	</blockquote>
</section>
<section id="Reuben">
	<h2>Reuben</h2>
	<p>
		I didn&apos;t get as much coursework done as I realistically should, but I did a lot better than I&apos;ve been doing lately.
		I got a well-thought-out initial post of one of the discussion assignments done, and&apos;ve done the research for the other.
		Stupidly, this specific discussion assignment calls for a ladder diagram, which really isn&apos;t needed to get the concept across.
		All that accomplishes is wasting my time.
		Still, the research is done, so I&apos;ll have that post in before work tomorrow.
		I also think I&apos;ve finished one of the learning journal entries?
		The question posed to me was very simple, to the point where I&apos;ve provided a two-line answer.
		Assuming I don&apos;t come across more details in the reading material, that&apos;s done I guess.
		It&apos;d be nice if it were a little longer, so maybe I&apos;ll find a way to embellish a bit, but really, I&apos;ve said all that needs to be said.
		That leaves me with one other discussion assignment, one essay, three likely-short quizzes, and the grading of last week&apos;s work.
		I shouldn&apos;t be falling too far behind this week.
	</p>
	<p>
		I needed to get out for a bit, so I took a bike ride to Cornbread Cafe, where, I bought a Reuben.
		I don&apos;t think I&apos;ve had one before; it was pretty good.
	</p>
</section>
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